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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for London Borough of Southwark. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
565 approved · 33 refused · 13 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 May 1986 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Elm Lawn Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7EW
Received 3 Jul 20265 Brunswick Park London Southwark SE5 7RH
Received 3 Jul 2026Peckham Rye Railway Station Station Way London Southwark SE15 4RX
Received 3 Jul 202635 Carver Road London Southwark SE24 9LS
Received 3 Jul 2026The Clock Tower 1 Rye Lane And 68-72 Peckham High Street London Southwark SE15 5EW
Received 3 Jul 2026199B Camberwell Grove London Southwark SE5 8JU
Received 6 Jul 2026Herne Hill United Church Red Post Hill London Southwark SE24 9PW
Received 6 Jul 2026117A Dulwich Village London Southwark SE21 7BL
Received 6 Jul 2026117A Dulwich Village London Southwark SE21 7BL
Received 6 Jul 2026Canada Water Masterplan Printworks Street And Land Adjacent To Zones H And L London SE16 7LL
Received 6 Jul 2026Canada Water Masterplan Printworks Street And Land Adjacent To Zones H And L London SE16 7LL
Received 6 Jul 2026Unit 23 And 24 Old Jamaica Business Estate 24 Old Jamaica Road London SE16 4AW
Received 6 Jul 2026254-268 Camberwell Road London Southwark SE5 0DP
Received 6 Jul 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1
Received 6 Jul 202621 St Georges Road London Southwark SE1
Received 6 Jul 2026Canada Water Masterplan - Land Bounded By Lower Road (West), Redriff Road (South), Quebec Way (East) Surrey Quays Road And Canada Water Dock (North) And Site At Roberts Close London SE16
Received 6 Jul 20264 - 12 Bittern Street London Southwark SE1 1PL
Received 6 Jul 20267 Kerning Street London Southwark SE1 6GP
Received 6 Jul 202638 Winterbrook Road London Southwark SE24 9JA
Received 7 Jul 20265 , 8 And 15 Frank Dixon Way London Southwark SE21 7BB
Received 7 Jul 2026Street Record Frank Dixon Way London Southwark
Received 7 Jul 2026Mill Pond College Road London Southwark SE21
Received 7 Jul 2026The Mill Pond Junction Of College Road And South Circular London Southwark SE21 7LE
Received 7 Jul 2026224A Tower Bridge Road London Southwark SE1 2UP
Received 7 Jul 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for London Borough of Southwark, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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